Mobile Homes and Trailers

News about Mobile Homes and Trailers, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

May. 20, 2015

Editorial warns against Senate bill that will further weaken rules against predatory lending, shift that would do particular harm to rural, older and hard-pressed buyers of mobile homes; observes some 90 percent of manufactured home market is controlled by Clayton Homes, Berkshire Hathaway company that has become notorious for its high-pressure sales tactics and excessive fees. MORE

Nov. 6, 2014

Popularity of vintage travel trailers is growing with enthusiasts restoring or remodeling interiors for variety of uses. MORE

Aug. 26, 2014

The Appraisal column; tiny plots of land with mobile homes in Montauk, NY, are being bought up by lawyers and socialites, many for nearly $1 million or more. MORE

Jul. 3, 2014

Q&A with Zack Giffin who answers questions about living in 112-square-foot mobile house on his parents' property on Lummi Island, Wash; Giffin is host of FYI series Tiny House Nation. MORE

Apr. 1, 2014

New York City still has over 7,000 students, most of them in beginning grades, being taught in 'transportable classroom units,' or trailers; new Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina has vowed to rid the schools of trailers within five years, but she is also trying to find space for thousands more students expected to enter the system as Mayor Bill de Blasio expands prekindergarten. MORE

Mar. 16, 2014

Gary Rivlin article profiles Rank Rolfe, who teaches a three-day course in the art of buying and operating mobile-home parks; says what is striking about Rolfe's business is how happy the tenants who live in the parks are, and how people involved in the enterprise may represent the best thing going in affordable housing at a time when the need has never been greater. MORE

Sep. 29, 2013

Look column presents photos of people living in RV trailers who spend the night in a Walmart parking lot. MORE

Jul. 31, 2013

Joyce Wadler article describes experience of staying night in authentic 1950s trailer in the Catskills, only to have her romantic ideas about trailer tempered by realities of inadequate plumbing, electricity and bedding. MORE

Feb. 7, 2013

John Long and Helena Mitchell, married Canadian tech entrepreneurs, redesign defunct Bowlus Road Chief trailers, making them sleeker than an Airstream. MORE

Oct. 17, 2012

Riverside County and California state officials reach a deal for the state to release $10 million to complete the relocation of residents of a squalid trailer park on tribal land to a new housing development. MORE

Sep. 28, 2012

Federal Judge Kurt D Engelhardt gives his final approval to a $42.6 million class-action settlement between companies that made and installed government-issued trailers after hurricanes in 2005 and Gulf Coast storm victims who claim they were exposed to hazardous fumes in the shelters. MORE

Aug. 12, 2012

Boxy designs still grab a large share of the travel-trailer market, but as sales have risen, manufacturers have begun introducing models that show a little more daring. MORE

Aug. 12, 2012

Three concept designs for travel trailers, the Innotruck, the Thansadet and the Mehrzeller, stand out for their innovative styling. MORE

May. 28, 2012

Failed attempts to improve the lives of farmworkers living in a squalid trailer park in Riverside County, California, outline the history of the state's protracted budget woes; a federal judge ruled in 2009 that the park's residents would have to be moved, but missteps and cutbacks have delayed replacement housing. MORE

Feb. 23, 2012

Architect Christopher C Deam, who designed the latest Airstream trailer with a sleek, ultramodern interior, discusses his work and inspirations. MORE

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In an attempt to improve its disaster assistance services, the City of New York unveiled a prototype for temporary living structures. The units will be studied by the city’s Office of Emergency Management for the next year.